[Dan_ref]

Originally posted by ChuckElias

No, it's not. It's simply unusual. Touching the ball (which is all the coach did) is not extreme. If I had a beer down at the pub with you at the end of the day at camp, that would be unusual. Extremely unusual. Unheard of. I haven't had a beer in about 15 years. Does that make my action extreme? Hardly. Just because you don't see something everyday doesn't mean that it's extreme when it does happen.

First you call the coach's behavior extremely unusual, now you call it simply unusual, and then you close by saying your extremely unusual behavior is not...uhmmm...extreme...???

You getting strategy advice from the Kerry campaign?

Speaking of politics, what's the difference between Bill Clinton and a screwdriver?

A screwdriver turns in screws, and Clinton screws interns.

And here's something else I found on the internet, a particular definition of EXTREME which you might like to look at:

far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree

http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/cgi-...1&word=extreme

I don't know about where you are, but where I am a coach that knocks the ball away from the dribbler is certainly "far beyond a norm in quantity or amount or degree".